Nantucket, MA

Nantucket Wellness Festival

ConfirmedJun 25 to 27, 2027
$75 to $595 ppYoga FestivalWellness SummitMeditation MindfulnessSound HealingTalks And IdeasWellness Market
Dates
Jun 25 to 27, 2027
Status
Confirmed
Venue
The Nantucket Dreamland
Price
$75 to $595
Camping
None on site
Last checked
Sep 3, 2026

Nantucket Wellness Festival returns to Nantucket, MA, Jun 25 to 27, 2027. Froligo tracks current ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.

What it stands for

The festival's stated mission is to empower participants to create a personal blueprint for a happier, healthier life, through a wide variety of classes and practices and a diverse offering of discussions and workshops. It describes itself as a summer celebration bringing together local and global thought leaders, movement instructors and healthy living guides, with the intention of fostering consciousness, compassion and longevity and inviting attendees to explore what is possible. It runs under the nonprofit Happy Place Events, which provides free seasonal programming for the Nantucket community, and the festival's own framing is a hope to spark a ripple effect, one person, one weekend, one small shift at a time. Its three named pillars are Mindfulness, Meaningful Connection and Movement

The experience

What's special

A three day island festival that runs inside a 180 year old theatre complex rather than on a field, using its three rooms as three parallel tracks: movement in the Studio Theater, mindfulness and meditation in the Harborview Room, and hour long talks on the Main Theater stage. The 2026 weekend put a Stanford trained neuroscientist on social connection, a physician on perimenopause and menopause, and a 75 minute sound bath in the same room as yoga for low back health, then closed by moving the whole thing outdoors to Children's Beach for a free Sunday morning open to anyone on the island. Getting there is part of it: Nantucket is 30 miles out to sea with no bridge, so everyone arrives by ferry or small plane

What people love

The festival publishes three testimonials from its 2025 edition. One describes all the participants glowing and everyone energised and motivated to make positive changes. Another praises the range of speakers and singles out the venue and the food options. A third calls the event life changing. These are organiser selected quotes rather than independent reviews

Last time around

The 2026 edition ran June 26 to 28. Friday opened with a sound experience from Jesse Cale and a Main Theater panel of Ben Rein, Ian Lopatin and Dr. Shieva Ghofrany moderated by Michael Schulder, followed by food and drink in the Harborview Room. Saturday ran 8am to 5pm across all three Dreamland spaces with fourteen sessions spanning Tai Chi and Qigong, yoga, Yin, somatic movement, meditation, a sound bath and five main stage talks. Sunday moved to Children's Beach for a free community morning with a movement session and a silent disco sound journey, plus a vendor market at 10 Easy Street

A person arching backwards on a mirror-like flooded salt flat, their reflection doubled beneath them under a broad sky at sunset.
Library image, not a photo of this festival. Photo: Farsai C. clearsky. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The practice

Who it's for

Who it's for. No formal fitness scale or per class level is published. The 2026 programme combined seated hour long talks in the Main Theater with movement classes in the Studio Theater and Tai Chi, Qigong and meditation in the Harborview Room, so the physical demand varies widely by choice of session rather than being set by the festival

Yin Yoga

Long, passive floor holds that reach deep tissue. Slow, quiet and meditative.

Beyond the mat

  • movement
  • meditation
  • active consciousness meditation
  • sound healing
  • sound bath
  • silent disco sound journey
  • somatic movement
  • Tai Chi
  • Qigong
  • mindfulness
  • neuroscience talks
  • women's health talks
  • manifestation
  • presence practice

Styles named as the festival itself describes them.

Accessibility & comfort

What the organiser or venue publishes about getting around, and what they do not.

Disability accessThe festival organiser publishes no accessibility page of its own and no companion or carer ticket policy, but three separate published sources cover most of what a disabled attendee needs. Getting around the island: the organiser's own Getting Here page, carrying travel information it credits to the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce, says of the free NRTA Wave shuttle buses, "All buses are handicap-accessible and accommodate two bikes on a first-come, first-served basis." The venue: The Nantucket Dreamland, 17 South Water Street, publishes its own accessibility statement, and this is the venue's statement rather than the festival's. The Dreamland states, "The Dreamland Theater is equipped with a barrier-free entrance and drop-off area. Two handicapped parking spaces are available next to the drop-off area.", and on the same page it states that all three of its screens, Main, Studio and Harborview, are wheelchair accessible. It also states, "An elevator provides access to the second floor Studio Theater and Harborview Room and Terrace." and "Accessible bathrooms are located just off the main floor lobby and on the second floor." On seating it states, "We offer three dedicated seats for wheelchairs with companion seating in the Main Theater." and that those seats are handled by the box office, while "The Studio and Harborview Theaters are designed to allow for wheelchair seating anywhere". This matters because the festival's own published schedule puts the Saturday movement classes, including Tai Chi, Qigong and Yin Yoga, in the second floor Harborview Room, so the elevator is the route to the practice space. The festival is not confined to the Dreamland: the published Sched schedule also puts Sunday sessions at Children's Beach and a marketplace at 10 Easy Street, and nothing at all is published about access, surface or step free routes at either of those two outdoor locations. For the beach day, the Town of Nantucket publishes on its Resources for People with Disabilities page that it has purchased beach wheelchairs for visitor use, reservable by email or by calling the Department of Public Works on 508-228-7244, and it lists wheelchair accessible taxis and NRTA paratransit; that is the Town's statement, not the festival's, and it does not name Children's Beach specifically. Unknowns a reader should still ask about: whether practice on the beach happens on sand or on a hard surface, whether mats are placed on carpet or hard floor in the Harborview Room, whether a companion ticket rate exists, and whether teachers offer seated or adaptive variations
ASLNo ASL or spoken language interpretation is published by the festival organiser for any session. The Nantucket Dreamland publishes venue level hearing and sight access, and this is the venue's statement, not the festival's: an FM assistive listening system available free of charge from the box office, CaptiView personal closed captioning, and a Descriptive Video Service. Read the captioning and descriptive video provision narrowly: the Dreamland describes both as supporting first run digital films, and it warns that support varies by title, so neither is a published promise that festival talks or classes will be captioned. The assistive listening system is described in general venue terms and is the item most likely to help at a live festival session. Ask the box office to confirm before booking

Checked 2026-09-03 · source

Eight people sitting cross-legged in a row on wet sand, facing a breaking wave and a low sun over the sea.
Library image, not a photo of this festival. Photo: Betty Nudler from Jerusalem, Israel. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Schedule

Programme from the June 2026 edition, the second annual. The 2027 programme is unpublished; the official site describes 2027 only through the three categories Mindfulness, Meaningful Connection and Movement

2026-06-261
5:15pm EDTOpening Night CelebrationMichael Schulder, Ben Rein, Ian Lopatin, Jesse Cale and Dr. Shieva Ghofrany
2026-06-2716
8:00am EDTSunrise Tai Chi & Qigong: The Fountain of YouthRamel Rones
8:00am EDTFROM MERE EXISTENCE TO BEING FULLY ALIVE: A Journey into Joy, Presence, and Inner AlivenessPunnu Wasu
8:00am EDTThe Core of You: Creating a Strong CenterRamsay Trussell
9:30am EDTGetting off the Mat and Into a GrooveElia Mrak
9:30am EDTManifesting LifeJacqui Bonwell
9:30am EDTThe Love OffensiveTara Morris
11:00am EDTFinding Your Frequency: Making Healing Human AgainBrittany and Ryan Brown
11:00am EDTNo One Ever Told Me. . Words of Wisdom on Women's HealthDr. Shieva Ghofrany
11:00am EDTThe Practice of a Spiritual Gangster: From Stress to ClarityIan Lopatin
1:00pm EDTYin YogaJacqui Bonwell
1:00pm EDTThe Presence Practice: Aligning gifts, work, and wellnessJasmine Joy Takanikos
1:00pm EDTYOGA FOR LOW BACK HEALTHRamsay Trussell
2:30pm EDTSunset Qigong and Tai Chi: Increase Your Energy and Reduce StressRamel Rones
2:30pm EDTHOm Sound Bath JourneyJesse Cale
2:30pm EDTActive Consciousness MeditationPunnu Wasu
4:15pm EDTWhy Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social ConnectionBen Rein
2026-06-283
9:00am EDTJoy is the Road to JoyElia Mrak
10:30am EDTThe Silent Disco Sound JourneyJesse Cale
11:00am EDT10 Easy Street Marketplace

What it costs

Saturday 6-Class Pass (2026 edition price)$475.00prior edition; described as an expanded line up across neuroscience, yoga, sound healing, somatic movement, meditation and Tai Chi, Saturday only
Saturday 3-Class Pass (2026 edition price)$300.00prior edition; a choice of the morning sessions or the afternoon sessions, three classes
Friday Opening Night Ticket (2026 edition price)$195.00prior edition; a sound experience with Jesse Cale, then a main stage panel of Ben Rein, Ian Lopatin and Dr. Shieva Ghofrany moderated by Michael Schulder, then food and drink in the Harborview Room
Full Festival Pass (2026 edition price)$595.00prior edition; covers Friday opening night, the full Saturday programme across the Main Theater, Studio Theater and Harborview Room, and the Sunday Summer Community Wellness Day at Children's Beach plus the vendor experiential market at 10 Easy Street from 10am to 3pm

Add-ons

Single Class Pass (2026 edition price)$75.00
FROM MERE EXISTENCE TO BEING FULLY ALIVE, Punnu Wasu (2026 edition price)$75.00
Manifesting Life, Jacqui Bonwell (2026 edition price)$75.00
No One Ever Told Me, Dr. Shieva Ghofrany (2026 edition price)$75.00
The Presence Practice, Jasmine Joy Takanikos (2026 edition price)$75.00
HOm Sound Bath Journey, Jesse Cale (2026 edition price)$75.00
Why Brains Need Friends, Ben Rein (2026 edition price)$75.00

The festival sells directly through its own Squarespace store rather than through an external ticketing platform, so there is no third party ticketing tenant to check

A person seated on a rug on grass surrounded by hanging gongs, metal singing bowls and candles, playing mid-session.
Library image, not a photo of this festival. Photo: Mojmir Churavy. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

What to bring

A full weekend of practice is easier with your own kit. What earns its place in the bag:

Pen And Journal
Four rolled cotton yoga mats in pink, yellow, blue and blackYour own mat

Rentals sell out and shared mats are thin. Bring a grippy, cushioned mat you trust for a full weekend of practice.

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Four reusable water bottles in a rowWater and electrolytes

Vigorous flows plus dry, high-altitude air dehydrate fast.

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Stack of folded flannel shirts in blues and greensWarm layers

Studios and shade run cool between sessions even when the sun is hot.

Shop options
Recovery and comfort. A festival built around theatre seating rather than a field, so the physical load is uneven: a full 2026 Saturday ran 8am to 5pm with movement classes in the Studio Theater, meditation and Tai Chi in the Harborview Room and hour long talks in the Main Theater, meaning long spells sitting between short spells practising. A light layer matters because theatre air conditioning is cold, and a folded blanket or thin cushion helps on the Studio Theater floor. Sunday moves outdoors to Children's Beach for a free morning session and a silent disco sound journey, so a mat that can go on sand, a windproof layer and sunscreen are worth carrying. The one published prop instruction from 2026 was for the sound bath, which asked attendees to bring a pen and journal. Nantucket is walkable and the free island shuttle, The Wave, is handicap accessible and carries two bikes per bus

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Photos: “Flannels 5” by Louis Beche, CC BY 2.0. via Wikimedia Commons.

Teachers & presenters

Roster from the June 2026 edition, the second annual. No 2027 line up has been announced. Do not present any of these people as booked for 2027

Jesse CalehOm
Punnu WasuActive Consciousness Meditation
Ramsay TrussellOn The Mat Yoga
Ben ReinBen Rein PhD, Why Brains Need Friends
Jacqui BonwellJacqui Bonwell Yoga
Dr. Shieva GhofranyNo One Ever Told Me
Ian LopatinThe Way of a Spiritual Gangster
Elia MrakJoy is the Road to Joy
Tara MorrisThe Love Offensive Yoga
Ramel RonesRamel Rones, Sunrise and Sunset Tai Chi
Jasmine Joy TakanikosFORM
Brittany BrownHigher Order Health

Plus the rest of the 14+ teachers, practitioners and speakers across the weekend.

Names are the 2026 exhibitor list from the festival's Sched directory, not a confirmed 2027 roster. Island Acupuncture is spelled Island accupuncture in the source

10 Easy Street Marketplace

A vendor experiential market ran at 10 Easy Street on the Sunday of the 2026 edition from 10am to 3pm, included with the Full Festival Pass and part of the free community day. The exhibitors below are the 2026 roster from the festival's own Sched exhibitor directory

  • Center and Spring
  • Happy on Main
  • Island Acupuncture
  • Lavender Farm
  • Sheri Perelman
  • Suzanne Keating
  • The Copper Rose

Getting there

Nearest airport Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK), described by the organiser as the second busiest commercial airport in Massachusetts, with year round flights from Boston, Hyannis and Martha's Vineyard and seasonal service from JFK, LaGuardia, Westchester, Newark, Washington DC and Charlotte.

How do I get to Nantucket Wellness Festival?

By car

Most people drive to Nantucket Wellness Festival. The nearest major airport is Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK), described by the organiser as the second busiest commercial airport in Massachusetts, with year round flights from Boston, Hyannis and Martha's Vineyard and seasonal service from JFK, LaGuardia, Westchester, Newark, Washington DC and Charlotte, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.

By train

No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.

By bus & public transit

No scheduled intercity bus or public transit route to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.

Taxi & rideshare

Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.

🅿 Parking

No festival parking is published. The organiser's travel page advises that Nantucket is small and extremely walkable, that parking on island is difficult in high season and expensive to ferry a car to, and recommends leaving the car in Hyannis

🚙 Car hire

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Where

Venue

The Nantucket Dreamland

A bearded man sitting cross-legged on grass in light woodland, hands resting on his knees and eyes closed.
Library image, not a photo of this festival. Photo: Nicolas TACCHI. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Pricing

2027 pricing
$75 to $595 per person
Price history and tiers
No 2027 price is published. The prices on the tickets page are the 2026 ladder: Friday Opening Night Ticket $195.00, Saturday 3-Class Pass $300.00, Saturday 6-Class Pass $475.00 and Full Festival Pass $595.00, with individual Saturday main stage sessions sold separately at $75.00 each and a Single Class Pass also at $75.00. Sunday's community wellness morning at Children's Beach was free and open to all.
$75.00 Single Class Pass or individual main stage session$195.00 Friday Opening Night Ticket$300.00 Saturday 3-Class Pass$475.00 Saturday 6-Class Pass$595.00 Full Festival Pass
A guide only. Prices change, so confirm the current price on the official ticket page before you buy.

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